Lactation Consultant PT Days
About The Position
DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital is seeking a Lactation Consultant to coordinate, plan, create written materials for, implement, and assess the breastfeeding program for nursing services, under the general supervision of the Clinical Coordinator Lactation & Childbirth Education or as assigned. The role supports consistent breastfeeding education and care across hospital staff and services. The Lactation Consultant provides education and individual consultations to postpartum and antepartum patients, helps mothers resolve breastfeeding problems, conducts patient classes, and establishes breastfeeding support groups. The position also develops staff knowledge and support techniques, maintains patient-facing educational resources and a breastfeeding hotline, and follows up with discharged breastfeeding mothers.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- BSN or at least two years of current equivalent experience.
- Licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the state of Michigan.
- Certification by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (I.B.L.C.E.).
- At least five years of experience working with postpartum and antepartum patients and their infants.
- In-depth knowledge of breastfeeding techniques and literature to instruct students, develop programs, and assess progress.
- Analytical ability to analyze the program, review progress, determine patient and student needs, and prepare reports.
- Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with patients and hospital personnel.
- Ability to push or pull objects weighing less than 20 pounds.
- High-level interpersonal, verbal, and teamwork skills to work effectively as a team member and communicate with physicians, patients, families, and hospital personnel.
- Ability to change job-related work practices, priorities, or procedures and reschedule activities in response to changing work conditions.
- Ability to work productively in a complex environment, handle multiple or changing priorities, and manage stresses associated with a patient-care environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide breastfeeding information and education to postpartum and antepartum patients and assist mothers with breastfeeding problems through individual consultations.
- Promote breastfeeding throughout the hospital through staff in-services, patient and staff literature, and protocol development.
- Orient new nursing service employees in basic breastfeeding and problem-solving techniques for teaching mothers.
- Assess staff development needs related to breastfeeding knowledge and support, and prepare staff in first-line lactation education and support techniques.
- Review and make available introductory and discharge breastfeeding materials for patients and staff.
- Make regular rounds on nursing units to visit breastfeeding mothers and remain available for individual consultations throughout the hospital.
- Conduct regular breastfeeding classes for patients.
- Maintain a breastfeeding hotline with an answering machine and provide timely responses to discharged patients' queries.
- Make follow-up calls to discharged breastfeeding mothers at scheduled intervals.
- Promote consistency in breastfeeding teaching and care among staff nurses, certified nurse midwives, and obstetric and pediatric physicians.
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Job Type
Part-time
